Theos-Talk Archives (April 2005 Message tt00829)

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"This of which I am speaking is quite distinct from the consciousness 
which comes with the unifying of the higher and lower selves. When 
that feat has been performed the man' s consciousness resides in the 
ego all the time, and from that ego it plays through whatever vehicle 
he may happen to be using. But in the case of a man who has not yet 
achieved that union the consciousness of the ego on his own plane 
comes into activity only when he is no longer hampered by any lower 
vehicles, and exists only until he puts himself down again into 
incarnation; for as soon as he takes up a lower body his 
consciousness can manifest for the time only through that body. 
108. Short 
of that perfect consciousness of the ego, there are stages of 
development which it is necessary to note. The ordinary ` man in the 
street' has usually no definite and reliable consciousness outside of 
the physical plane. His astral body may be fully developed and quite 
capable of being used as a vehicle in any and every way; yet he is 
probably not in the habit of so using it, and therefore his 
experiences of the astral world are of a vague and uncertain 
character. He may sometimes remember one of them vividly, but on the 
whole the time of the sleep of the physical body is for him a blank. 

109. The 
next stage beyond this is that of the gradual development of the 
habit of using the astral body, accompanied as time goes on by some 
recollection of what is done in it. The end of this is the opening of 
the astral consciousness, though usually that comes only as the 
result of definite efforts along the line of meditation. When this 
opening is attained the man' s consciousness is continuous through 
night and day, and up to the end of the astral life, so that he 
avoids the usual temporary suspension of consciousness at the death 
of the physical body. 

110. The 
next stage beyond this-- a long stage usually-- is the development of 
the consciousness of the mental body, and when that is achieved, each 
personality remains conscious from physical birth until the end of 
its life in the heaven-world. But even then it is only the 
consciousness of the personality, and not yet of the ego, and still 
another step must be taken before complete unification is attained. 

111. It is 
clear that men who have reached any of these stages are making karma 
as far as their consciousness reaches; but what as to the ordinary 
man, who has not yet quite succeeded in linking even the astral 
consciousness to the physical? In so far as he has any activities on 
the astral plane during sleep, he must be producing results. If he 
feels, even blindly, love and affection towards certain persons, and 
goes out towards them during sleep with vague thoughts of good-will, 
he must inevitably affect them to a certain extent, and the effect 
must be a good one. Therefore there is no possibility of avoiding a 
reaction upon himself which will also be good. The same is true if 
the feeling unfortunately be one of dislike or of active hatred, and 
the result for him in that case cannot but be painful. "

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--- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, "M. Sufilight" <global-
theosophy@s...> wrote:
> Hallo all,
> 
> My views are:
> 
> Christ...Anand...
> Some of us are actually exchaning words on theosoophy
> to learn something. We seek to teach other Seekers while welcoming 
them to 
> teach us.
> We do not at all think in terms of attacks or anything of that sort.
> 
> Come on Anand...!
> You look like a true theosophist to me, although I disagree with 
you about a 
> few rather vital issues.
> Try to accept, that some of the Seekers just want to teach you 
something,
> wellmeaning as they are.
> Please - be more positive about it all.
> 
> Carry on.
> You will learn like all do here at theos-talk.
> 
> 
> 
> from
> M. Sufilight
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Anand Gholap" <AnandGholap@A...>
> To: <theos-talk@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2005 9:09 PM
> Subject: Theos-World Re:Mr. Leadbeater is King of All Occultists